If you’d have told Green Bay Packers fans in August their team would have a duplicate record with the Cleveland Browns in
December
Za’Darius Smith Jersey , they’d probably say they’d be stunned the Browns had such a strong season.Now that December is actually here and both teams have identical
records and for all the wrong season.What’s worse is both teams have head
coaching vacancies and somehow the Packers opening is the less desirable of the
two.Does this sound like some version of hell, Packer Nation? It’s not quite as
bad as it might sound.Cleveland has been in the basement of the league for
decades and has been able to stockpile a lot of young talent thanks to
consistently picking in the top five of the draft. Green Bay has spent most of
their time picking in the mid-to-late twenties the past decade, save the past
two seasons.The Packers do still have Aaron Rodgers at quarterback, but he just
turned 35 and has fewer years behind him than he does ahead. The Browns have
Baker Mayfield, a gifted but raw young signal caller who could take the throne
Rodgers currently holds as the NFL’s most gifted signal callers.There are more
factors than the above at play obviously, but the bottom line is the Packers are
a victim of their own success in this situation. What the Packers do have going
for them is obviously Rodgers but also a young aggressive general manager in
Brian Gutekunst. It’s not a bad job by any means, it’s just Cleveland holds an
advantage thanks to their long stretch of poor play. You can read more on the
comparison between two jobs and how Mike McCarthy was allowed some closure in
today’s cheese curds.Packers’ job attractive, but can’t compete with
Browns’--PackersNews.comAfter being a staple of success and stability for over a
decade, the wave of change has swept over Green Bay.Unfortunately sometimes
success puts a team are a disadvantage when change finally comes.After coach
firing, Packers players try to show ‘we weren’t the problem’--ESPNThe Packers
players have a lot on the line these final four games. With their coach now
gone, many players will look to prove they’re not one of the reasons for the
disappointing season.Mike McCarthy gives ‘emotional’ speech to Packers’ locker
room--Packers.comRegardless of how it ended, an era is over in Titletown and it
was an era that had a Super Bowl title in it. Nostalgia ran rampant throughout
Lambeau Field this week.Packers have 4 deserving Pro Bowlers in 2018--Packers
WireDespite a 4-7-1 record, the Packers have had some great individual
performances. Alligator makes surprise appearance in Kentucky swamp--UPISomehow
“Kentucky Fried Gator” doesn’t have the same ring to it.College Football
Schedule, Week 2 2018: USC-Stanford gets conference play going Last Saturday,
college football fans around the country tuned in for the opening week of the
sports 2018 season
Jermaine Whitehead Jersey , but we at Acme Packing Company were far more attuned to the roster cuts taking place around the NFL. However, the second
Saturday of college ball comes without the distraction of roster cuts, meaning
we are free to focus our attentions today on the NFL players of future
years.This week, there aren’t many particularly impressive games. Unlike opening
week, which had a top-ten matchup and a few more top-25 clashes, there are just
two games between ranked teams, with a single game featuring both teams in the
top 20.That game comes in the evening, as Stanford hosts USC for the start of
Pac-12 play. This game is a rematch of the Pac-12 title game from last year,
which USC won by a narrow 31-28 margin with future #3 overall pick Sam Darnold
under center. The other ranked game comes in the SEC this afternoon, with South
Carolina hosting number three Georgia.Here’s your schedule for today’s games, so
go forth and enjoy the day’s college football excitement!Early Games#18
Mississippi State Bulldogs at Kansas State WildcatsBill Snyder Memorial Stadium,
Manhattan, KS11:00 AM CT (12 Noon ET)ESPNWestern Michigan Broncos at #21
Michigan WolverinesMichigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI12:00 Noon ETFOX Sports 1New
Mexico Lobos at #5 Wisconsin BadgersCamp Randall Stadium
Antonio Morrison Jersey , Madison, WI11:00 AM CT (12 Noon ET)BTNUCLA Bruins at #6 Oklahoma SoonersMemorial Stadium, Norman, OK12:00 Noon CT (1:00 PM
ET)FOXAfternoon GamesRutgers Scarlet Knights at #4 Ohio State BuckeyesOhio
Stadium, Columbus, OH3:30 PM ETBTNArkansas State Red Wolves at #1 Alabama
Crimson TideBryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL2:30 PM CT (3:30 ET)ESPN2#3
Georgia Bulldogs at South Carolina GamecocksWilliams-Brice Stadium, Columbia,
SC3:30 PM ETCBSBall State Cardinals at #8 Notre Dame Fighting IrishNotre Dame
Stadium, South Bend, IN3:30 PM ETNBCIowa State Cyclones vs. Iowa HawkeyesKinnick
Stadium, Iowa City, IA4:00 PM CT (5:00 ET)FOXNorth Dakota Fighting Hawks at #9
Washington HuskiesHusky Stadium, Seattle
Jimmy Graham Jersey , WA2:00 PM PT (5:00 ET)PAC-12 NetworkEvening Kickoffs#2 Clemson Tigers at Texas A&M AggiesKyle Field, College Station, TX6:00 PM CT
(7:00 ET)ESPN#13 Penn State Nittany Lions at Pittsburgh PanthersHeinz Field,
Pittsburgh, PA8:00 PM ETABC#17 USC Trojans at #10 Stanford CardinalStanford
Stadium, Stanford, CA5:30 PM PT (8:30 ET)FOXConnecticut Huskies at #20 Boise
State BroncosAlbertsons Stadium, Boise, ID8:15 PM MT (10:15 ET)ESPNU#15 Michigan
State Spartans at Arizona State Sun DevilsSun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ8:45 PM MT
(10:45 ET)ESPN
